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Leisure athletes at risk of medical complications: outcomes of pre-participation screening among 15,778 endurance runners - SAFER VII
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
OBJECTIVE: International guidelines for pre-participation screening of masters/leisure athletes to identify those that require medical assessment exist, but have not been implemented in mass-community based sports events. ...
London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy for South African women with mental illness: Exploring perspectives on pregnancy
(AOSIS, 2018)
INTRODUCTION: Unplanned pregnancy is a community health concern. Research with South African
women revealed the complexities surrounding pregnancy planning. Categorising pregnancies
as either planned or unplanned is ...
Prerace medical screening and education reduce medical encounters in distance road races: SAFER VIII study in 153 208 race starters
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
OBJECTIVES To examine the efficacy and feasibility of an online prerace medical screening and educational intervention programme for reducing medical complications in long-distance races.
METHODS This was an 8-year ...
Sport, sex and age increase risk of illness at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games: a prospective cohort study of 51 198 athlete days
(BMJ, 2018)
OBJECTIVETo describe the epidemiology of illness at the
Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games.
METHODS A total of 3657 athletes from 78 countries,
representing 83.5% of all athletes at the Games,
were monitored on the ...
Match injury incidence during the Super Rugby tournament is high: a prospective cohort study over five seasons involving 93 641 player-hours
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence and nature of
injuries in the Super Rugby tournament over a 5-year
period.
METHODS: 482 male professional rugby union players
from six South African teams participating in the ...
Using a mHealth system to recall and refer existing clients and refer community members with health concerns to primary healthcare facilities in South Africa: a feasibility study
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Background: Lay health workers (LHWs) are critical in linking communities and primary healthcare (PHC) facilities. Effective communication between facilities and LHWs is key to this role. We implemented a mobile health ...
Perinatal suicidality: Risk factors in South African women with mental illness
(OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)
Maternal Mortality is a global health concern. The lack of suicide data, particularly in low and middle income countries, is concerning and needs to be addressed. Aim: This study assessed suicidality and associated factors ...
Predictors of multiple injuries in individual distance runners: A retrospective study of 75,401 entrants in 4 annual races- safer xxx
(Elsevier, 2022)
There are limited data on factors that predict an increased risk of multiple injuries among distance runners. The objective of this study was to determine risk factors that are predictive of individual runners with a high ...
Incidence and burden of injury at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games held during the Covid-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study of 66 045 athlete days
(British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2022)
Objective To describe the epidemiology of injuries
at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, including
injuries sustained in the new sports of badminton and
taekwondo. Methods Injury data were obtained daily via the
established ...
Factors associated with patellofemoral pain in recreational road cyclists: A cross-sectional study in 59953 cyclists – SAFER XXXIII
(Elsevier, 2023)
Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is a common cycling-related injury, and independent factors need to
be identified to enable effective injury prevention strategies. We aim to determine factors associated
with PFP in cyclists ...